PEOPLE
The group in Autumn 2021
There are currently 31 members of the group: nine postdocs, seventeen PhD students, four Part III students and one member of support staff.
Lab telephone number: +44 (0)1223 336364
View information of former group members.
Postdocs:
John currently works on novel methods for the multicomponent synthesis of alkylamines.
Abi's research focuses on combining high throughput synthesis and machine learning.
Jianzhong works on novel methods for the multicomponent synthesis of amines.
Dr Abigail Barker-Mountford
am2833[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Bristol, 2020
Advisor: Prof. Chris Willis
Dr Jianzhong Liu
jl2220[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, Peking University, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Ning Jiao
Dr John Chu
ckc30[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, Colorado State University, 2017
Advisor: Prof.Tomislav Rovis
Alex was previously a postdoc in the Hartwig lab and is working on new methods for DNA functionalization.
Aaron was previously a postdoc in the MacMillan group and works on photoredox catalysis.
Nick is working on methods for the direct functionalisation of RNA.
Dr Alexander Fawcett
af746[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Bristol, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Varinder Aggarwal
Dr Aaron Trowbridge
adt38[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Cambridge, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Dr Nick Lees
nrl36[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Bristol, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Chris Willis
Hanna is a member of the iDMT lab and works in collaboration with Astra-Zeneca.
Kengo is a member of the iDMT lab and works in collaboration with Shionogi & Co.
Phil was previously a postdoc in the Knowles lab and is working on novel methods for amine synthesis.
Dr Kengo Masuda
km869[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Tokyo, 2016
Advisor: Professor Masayuki Inoue
Dr Philip Murray
prdm2[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of Cambridge, 2016
Advisor: Professor Steven Ley
Dr Hanna Maliszewska
hm693[at]cam.ac.uk
PhD, University of East Anglia, 2021
Advisor: Dr. María Paz Muñoz
Fourth Year PhD Students:
Vivian works on DNA bioconjugation in collaboration with the Balasubramanian group.
Bo previously worked under Prof. Amos B. Smith III at UPenn. He works on photoredox catalysis.
Vivian Lechner
vdl20[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, Technische Universität München, 2018
Advisor: Prof. Thorsten Bach
Bo Li
bl445[at]cam.ac.uk
Graduate research, University of Pennsylvania
Advisor: Prof. Amos B. Smith III
Third Year PhD Students:
Biswarup is currently working on the development of a novel strategy for enantioselective amine synthesis.
Georgia was previously a Part III student in the group. She currently works on photoredox catalysis.
Milo is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on high throughput experimentation.
Georgia Harris
grh37[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2019
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Milo Smith
mas297[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Oxford, 2017
Advisor: Prof. Darren Dixon
Biswarup Roy
br403[at]cam.ac.uk
MSc, IIT Bombay, 2019
Advisor: Prof. Debabrata Maiti
Luke research focuses on the synthesis of amines using C-H activation.
Luke Reeve
lar62[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of York, 2019
MChem Year in Industry: LifeArc, Cambridge
Second Year PhD Students:
Alex works on the multicomponent synthesis of alcohols and amines.
Yusra works on photoredox catalysis for the synthesis of azides.
James is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on the synthesis of amines.
Alex Rafaniello
aar49[at]cam.ac.uk
MS, University of Melbourne, 2019
Advisor: Prof. Mark Rizzacasa
Yusra Abdelhamid
ya308[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of St. Andrews, 2020
Advisor: Prof. Andrew Smith
James Robinson
jdr50[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of York, 2020
Year in Industry: LifeArc, Cambridge
Zhang-He Goh
zhg21[at]cam.ac.uk
BSc (Pharm), National University of Singapore
Advisor: Prof. Han Kiat Ho
Marcus is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on novel methods for alkene synthesis.
Zhang-He is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on protein functionalization.
Joseph is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on high throughput experimentation.
Joseph Phelps
jmp242[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Durham
Year in Industry: Roche, Basel
Marcus Grocott
mg978[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Birmingham
Advisor: Prof. Rachel O'Reilly
First Year PhD Students:
Hanna is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on DNA functionalization.
Harry is a Herchel Smith scholar and works on the photocatalytic synthesis of amines.
Rachel is part of the SynTech Centre for Doctoral Training and works on amine synthesis.
Harry Waller
hw574[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Birmingham, 2021
Advisor: Dr Liam Cox
Rachel Phillips
rcp55[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of York, 2021
Year in Industry: RSSL, Reading
Hanna Saik
hms63[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Cambridge, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Gaunt
Michal works on the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles.
Sarah works on photocatalysis for the synthesis of amines.
Michal Pychtin
mp2012[at]cam.ac.uk
MChem, University of Oxford, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Ed Anderson
Sarah Beaton
sb2499[at]cam.ac.uk
MSci, University of Bristol, 2021
Advisor: Prof. Carmen Galan
Visiting PhD Students:
Patricia Rodriguez-Salamanca
pr509[at]cam.ac.uk
Visiting from: CSIC-US, Seville
Advisors: Prof. Rosario Fernández & Prof. José M. Lassaletta
Support Staff:
Chung deals with operational aspects of the group and provides direct support to MJG.